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IF YOU CONTROL IT WELL, IT FLOWS WELL!
When a process flows well you typically get great results! You can think of all the analogies to this statement but seldom can think of one that disputes it, can you?
Playing Foosball and Running Your Business ~ Five Anolgies
Who knew there's valuable lessons to be learned from playing foosball and how it relates to your game of business.

Which Seat Should I Take?
This article is the first article from the “Sitting on the Sideline: Life Expectations Series. Part one of this series focuses on the decisions we make or don't make and who we hold accountable.

Communication Skills And Effective Writing Must Include Meticulous Self-Editing
No matter how clever and succinct you may be at business writing and effective communication in general, you risk blowing it if you don't edit yourself. By edit, I mean proofreading for grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc., as well as revising or rewriting. You can do the latter as you go, or you can let your words flow, then give it several careful reads before hitting the "send" button or printing it out and offering it to your client, customer, boss, vendor, coworkers, etc. Why? Because that's you doing the business communications in the email or report. As such, assuming you care about your image or reputation, your writing skills should appear both professional and natural. Or, to put it more tellingly in the words of the great novelist Toni Morrison: "The language must be careful and appear effortless. It must not sweat."

Domain name rules: What domain name would you choose if there were no limitations?
Up until now, the rules governing domain names have limited the flexibility and creativity businesses have had in creating unique domains. However, all that could change with an announcement from ICANN, the governing body, to relax the rules governing domain names in what is being touted as the most radical change to internet governance since the internet’s inception.
Are You a Green Thumb Leader?
Leaders have much in common in gardeners. They both must seed, feed, and weed. Eileen uses a garden as a metaphor to teach us how we must be aware of how the cycles of business affect our leaders and how they can use those cycles to benefit their employees and the bottom line.
Learn To Avoid Ugly Baby Syndrome
Last week we talked about creating a "Startup Plan" for your new business idea. To catch you up, a Startup Plan is a detailed list of tasks and subtasks that must be completed in order to get you from the initial idea stage to opening day and beyond.
Business Focus – Leading One Thing At A Time
Running a business is about leadership. Only you can mind and mine your own business as clearly as you can envision the future of your business.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHO ARE YOU BEING?
Are you being the kind of person you want to be? Do you have a huge to-do list that seems to be growing faster than weeds in your garden? Do you find yourself wondering who you are becoming?
Survival in the SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages)
There is something about using distinct visual analogies to illustrate parallels between search engines (the jungle), traffic (information foragers), competition (predators) and survival in the algorithmic food chain. Just like a jungle, survival in the SERPs (search engine results pages) can be tricky. The uncertainty of search engine algorithms, the survival based impulses that by default comprise 97% of the web pages at large (like playing capture the flag) or a boobie-trap where one step on the wrong twig and you could be consumed, penalized, suppressed, catapulted or removed from the top 10 based on your SEO survival skills, your resourcefulness or your experience in the jungle.
Are Multiple Supply Chains Important (Survey Response 6)
A 2006 Report made the following statement: "Designing and operating multiple supply networks to meet the needs of specific market segments--supply chain innovation and the use of multiple supply chains will be important to future revenue and market share growth." Based on your own experience is this an accurate assessment? If yes, why? If no, why?
How to Maintain Motivation
The basic key to motivation is to enjoy what you are doing. Sounds simple doesn’t it? One of the major issues, however, is that we have so many options with how to spend our time that it is easy to find something that we will enjoy doing. The challenge is that it is very tempting to go for the instant enjoyment at the expense of the task that will lead to long term enjoyment and happiness.

What's That You Said? Using Metaphors and Analogies to Sell More Effectively
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Why is it, then, in our conversations, in our written correspondence, and in our presentations, we act as if the opposite is true - that a thousand words will create the picture we want?

Giving Away Free Samples To Boost Brand Recognition
In marketing, some people will use fishing analogies to get a point across, so there is, say, a lure that is used in most campaigns in order to hook customers and reel them in. So the idea of giving stuff away for free might seem counter-intuitive to many. With freebies, it's sort of like just tossing the bait out in the ocean and hoping that the fish just hop right into the boat.

Top Ten Things About Creating a Business Vision
To visualise where you are going, is deeper and more sensory than anything you have ever done before...A clear, focused Vision is the most effective thing a leader can have, and the most useful item he or she can share. with his or her people...Here's how the best set about it easily.
The Buzz About Being
What are you so busy doing that you are forgetting who you are being? Do you like who you are becoming?

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Winning is not an accident
As many of you already know I’m a bit of a sports enthusiast. Baseball & football are the sports I know the most about and I use many analogies, even with my clients who don’t care a lick about sports. After watching my local Baltimore Ravens team get their backsides handed to them by the New England Patriots, I couldn’t help but give credit where credit is due. Therefore, below is an excellent article by management consultant John Baldoni from the WHARTON CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT about the winning formula developed by Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots. Unlike baseball, there is a salary cap in the NFL so you can’t buy championships. In the NFL you need solid leadership to win back to back championships as the Patriot’s have done and a third may be on the way.
Why Selling Is Like Racquetball
I finally got back into my favorite sport – Racquetball. It’s been nearly four years since I played. When we moved from New Jersey to Las Vegas, there were no clubs nearby for me to join. But they finally opened a brand new health club not far from my home. So I joined and am back to playing my favorite sport 3 times a week. I really didn’t realize how much I missed it till I started playing again. I guess after being away from it for a while gave me a new perspective once I resumed playing again because I was suddenly aware of several interesting analogies between this fast-paced sport and selling. Yes, you heard me. I can see several similarities between playing Racquetball and Selling!
Survival in the SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages)
There is something about using distinct visual analogies to illustrate parallels between search engines (the jungle), traffic (information foragers), competition (predators) and survival in the algorithmic food chain. Just like a jungle, survival in the SERPs (search engine results pages) can be tricky. The uncertainty of search engine algorithms, the survival based impulses that by default comprise 97% of the web pages at large (like playing capture the flag) or a boobie-trap where one step on the wrong twig and you could be consumed, penalized, suppressed, catapulted or removed from the top 10 based on your SEO survival skills, your resourcefulness or your experience in the jungle.
Conducting Market Research From The Back Of A Boat
Market research is one of the most important but often overlooked part of business management. This article highlights many real life analogies to this important business function and provides some excellent advice to entrepreneurs.
IF YOU CONTROL IT WELL, IT FLOWS WELL!
When a process flows well you typically get great results! You can think of all the analogies to this statement but seldom can think of one that disputes it, can you?
Celebrities and the Sales Force
Here I introduce the 7th in a series of articles, The Celebrity Series, 11 articles about famous people and the analogies to the sales force.
What is Your "Pre-Call" Routine?
Wrap your head around these six steps to a better result on the golf course and in the marketplace! The steps that you take mentally before you take the shot in sales or in golf will often play a considerable role in the result of that shot. What are you thinking? Many of you know that I am a bit of a golf nut. In fact, I am in the middle of writing a book on the 18 analogies between the profession of sales and playing golf. Recently, I read an article in GOLF magazine written by PGA Tour pro, Hunter Mahan in which he described how he “pressure-proofed” his game to make him more mentally fit for competition at the highest level. By turning to sports psychologist, Neale Smith, he developed a step-by-step “pre-shot routine” that I found to be very applicable to the preparation necessary before a sales call.

Sales and Sales Management Simplified
Let's get to the basics of sales and sales management and make it as simple as possible by using some of my favorite baseball analogies.

Giving Away Free Samples To Boost Brand Recognition
In marketing, some people will use fishing analogies to get a point across, so there is, say, a lure that is used in most campaigns in order to hook customers and reel them in. So the idea of giving stuff away for free might seem counter-intuitive to many. With freebies, it's sort of like just tossing the bait out in the ocean and hoping that the fish just hop right into the boat.

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